Mahabubnagar, Sept. 22 -- High drama unfolded at Jadcherla in Mahabubnagar district on Tuesday after the Telangana police took state BJP leader N Ramchander Rao and other party leaders into preventive custody while they were heading to the Jurala Project to meet farmers.

Meanwhile, BJP workers staged a demonstration against the state government and local police, following Rao's detention.

Speaking to ANI prior to his detention, Ramchander Rao accused the Congress government of failing to release water despite sufficient reserves in the reservoir.

"Farmers cultivating their lands under the Jurala Project are facing a severe water shortage. Though there is sufficient water in the Jurala Project, they are not raising water to the farmers....